Somatoform pain disorder presenting as “Atypical facial pain:” A rare presentation in a 13-year-old

Children and adolescents often present to physicians and pediatricians with a range of medically unexplained symptoms, most common being headache, abdominal, and bone pains. These symptoms can be a manifestation of underlying depressive, anxiety or somatoform disorders, and sometimes the only sympto...

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Main Authors: Ruchita Shah, Nidhi Chauhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2017;volume=39;issue=4;spage=500;epage=502;aulast=Shah